Current FTBFS packages (was Re: [ACTION REQUIRED] Retiring packages for Fedora 21)

Dennis Gilmore dennis at ausil.us
Mon Jun 9 02:18:12 UTC 2014


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On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 00:01:34 +0100
"Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 04:36:28PM -0400, Al Dunsmuir wrote:
> > On Monday, June 2, 2014, 2:53:33 PM, Till Mass wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 11:01:53AM +0200, Dan HorĂ¡k wrote:
> > >> On Sun, 1 Jun 2014 11:24:09 +0200
> > >> Till Maas <opensource at till.name> wrote:
> > 
> > >> > yaboot                           dwmw2, dwmw2, fkocina,
> > >> 
> > >> this is a secondary arch only package since F-12, so it should be
> > >> excluded from the FTBFS list in primary koji
> > 
> > > Actually according to Dennis this is a ppc32 package that can be
> > > retired, because ppc32 support is being dropped.
> > 
> > Till,
> > 
> > Please do not start deleting ppc32-only packages.
> > 
> > A  few  of  us  would  like  to resurrect ppc32, likely initially
> > as a Fedora   Remix.   Deleting  ppc32-only  packages  just  adds
> > more work to that effort.
> 
> Plus yaboot is still needed to boot ppc64 Macs, even on F20/F21.

no it doesn't that part of why ppc is no longer built at all.  f20 uses
yaboot for dvd and grub2 for the installed system, f21 is using grub2
everywhere.

Dennis
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